I think I posted once in the past six months ago about other LTO users and got scarce responses... if anyone can suggest forums/places to go to better discuss this i'm all ears. I don't know where else to ask or to join to ask.
I'm planning on building a server dedicated to writing LTO6 tapes which are designed for 160MB/second. My understanding is that such tape drives are capable of adjusting themselves slower to avoid a failed backup situation in the same way that CDR and DVD writers have for quite some time.
However I don't think they are designed to stay at a low rate the whole time. There isn't that much publically available data on this topic, only offhand comment I can find: LTO tape vendors announce LTO-9 and LTO-10
Opinions vary on new LTO generations
When LTO-6 was announced in 2010, W. Curtis Preston noted that he liked that transfer rates were not increasing at such a rapid rate, as they had with previous generations. "My only problem with tape is that it's too fast. When you slow down, you get shoeshining; you wear out your tapes, you wear out your drives, you get backup failures, etc.," he said."
I dont even know what that means. I'd like to find somebody who does. There may be workarounds (like simply copying data to a fast dedicated drive or RAID0 pair) but i'd rather know about them before kitting out my intended server as it may require me to alter things slightly to accomodate it.
I'm planning on building a server dedicated to writing LTO6 tapes which are designed for 160MB/second. My understanding is that such tape drives are capable of adjusting themselves slower to avoid a failed backup situation in the same way that CDR and DVD writers have for quite some time.
However I don't think they are designed to stay at a low rate the whole time. There isn't that much publically available data on this topic, only offhand comment I can find: LTO tape vendors announce LTO-9 and LTO-10
Opinions vary on new LTO generations
When LTO-6 was announced in 2010, W. Curtis Preston noted that he liked that transfer rates were not increasing at such a rapid rate, as they had with previous generations. "My only problem with tape is that it's too fast. When you slow down, you get shoeshining; you wear out your tapes, you wear out your drives, you get backup failures, etc.," he said."
I dont even know what that means. I'd like to find somebody who does. There may be workarounds (like simply copying data to a fast dedicated drive or RAID0 pair) but i'd rather know about them before kitting out my intended server as it may require me to alter things slightly to accomodate it.